Garment hanger



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J.A.SHOEMAKER GARMENT HANGER Filed April 22, 1921 (fogs 0h 1/7. Shoemaker INVENTOR Patented Jan. 6, 1925.

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zrosnrn A. SHOEMAKE-B, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

GARMENT HANGER.

Application filed April 22, 1921, Serial I-Io. 463,452,.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J osn-rH A. SHOEMAKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new.

and useful Improvements in Garment Hangers,of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to garment hangers, and has for an object to provide a hanger having means upon which to support the coat portion of a suit or dress, and a cross bar upon which to support the folded trousers or skirt, the parts being jointed for relative movement to permit the hanger to be folded for convenience in packing.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hanger providing a coat supporting means and, a horizontal base connecting member attached to themovable parts of the coat supporting 'means adjacent their outer ends and constructed and arranged to permit of the entire hanger to be folded and packed in a minimum of space.

In addition to the foregoing, this invention comprehends improvements in the details of construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and particularly set forth in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings in which similar. and corresponding parts are designated by the same characters of reference throughout the several views in which they appear:

Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of a garment hanger constructed in accordance with my invention showing the same in extended position.

Figure 2 is a view thereof in edge elevation.

Figure 8 is a view of the hanger in front elevation and in folded position.

Figure A is a detail view.

Figure is a detail section taken on the 3 line 55 of Figure 4:.

Figure 6 is a detail view of a slightly modified form of connection.

Figure 7 is a detail section taken on the line 77 of Figure 6.

With reference to the drawings, 10 and 11 indicate the coat supporting members of the hanger consisting of straight bars having their adjacent ends cut away as at 12 for overlapping engagement and an element 13 penetrating said ends to pivotally connect the members, said element 13 being preferably of wire and bent to form a hook 14 whereby the entire device'may be sus'" pended. One of the edges of each baris rounded as at 15. A combined brace and garment supporting member 16 is provided in the form of a wooden bar, preferably circular in cross section. Each end of the member 16 1s connected to the outer ends of the bars 10 and'll through the medium of a rectangular link 17 formed ofa strand of wire bent to shape With-the terminals inserted in openings formed; in the members 10' and 11, the bight portion "extending through an opening in the bar 16. I prefer to employ a clip 18, substantially. U-shaped in cross section to embrace the inner side of each member 10 and "11 and permit the terminals of the linkto penetrate the sides of the clip as shown, a l'ug or projection 19 being formed on each side of the clip.-

It is tobe noted that the aggregate length of both bars 10 and 11 is gre'a -ter than the length of the brace 16. Thus, when the hanger is extended-as in Figure'l with the bars 10 land 11 in angular relation, the outer ends of said bars will almost meet the ends of the brace 16. In this position the links 17 will converge toward the pivoted point of the members 10 and 11. To fold the device the members 10 and 11 are brought into alignment as in Figure 3 the links permitting the brace 16 to move into con-- tact and parallelism thereto. When extending or folding the hanger, in either case the links will ride over the projection 19, creating slight friction which war cause the parts of the hanger t'o fall into proper position with a snap, thus assuring their retention in position against any casual dislodgment. Attention is drawn to the fact that in its folded position the parts are all in a straight line which enables the hanger to be conveniently packed in baggage. Also itis to be noted that when in extended position and supporting a garment, the hanger may be grasped through the garment or at any point without possibility of collapse by reason of the fact that during folding movement it is necessary that the outer ends of the bars 10 and 11 move apart slightly and this movement is resisted by the garment itself. Also, since in extended position the links converge toward the pivotal point of connection of the bars 10 and 11 as shown in Figure 1, the hanger may be grasped by the brace 16 without collapse 16 will thus take up the strain upon the links 17 and prevent wear around the openings through which the links extend.

A form of connection in lieu of the link is shown in Figure 6 consisting of a strip 20 secured at its ends to the edge of the members 10 and 11 with the intermediate portion of the strip spaced from the member but curved inward sligl'itly. Each end of the brace 16 carries a sleeve 21, split to form opposed cars 22, with the edges of the split portion serrated to penetrate the brace. A pin 23 connects the ears and is located between the strip 20 and the member' 10 or 11 to which it is connected. In this manner relative movement between the brace and members 10 and 11 in a rectilinear direction is permitted, the curve of the strip causing the parts to fall into extended or folded position with a snap.

iVhile l have illustrated and described my invention With some degree of particularity, I realize that in practice various alterations may be made therein. I therefore reserve the right and privilege of changing the details of construction, or altering the ar rangement of the parts, without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

1. A garment hanger including :a pair of bars, means pivoting one of their ends together for relative movement, a brace bar lesser in length than the aggregate length o'i both of said first mentioned bars, and a link at each end of the brace bar, said links being pivotally connected to the free ends of the first mentioned bars, the links being of a length to cause the ends of the brac and the free ends of the bars to nnitually engage when the hanger is extended.

2. A. garment hanger including a pair or pivoted bars, a clip at the free end of each bar, a brace, and a link at each end of the brace also penetrating the bars and the clips. and a projection on each clip for trictionally engaging the links during movement oi. the parts from a folded to an extended position to resist movement of the parts at either extremity of their movement.

a. garment hanger of the character described including two members pivoted together at an end of each, a brace bar of less length than the combined length of the two members, and a link connecting each end of said bar with a corresponding free end of said pivoted members, so that the members may be folded in parallelism with the free bar in collapsed position of the hanger. 7

4:. A. garment hanger of the character de scribed including two members pivoted togetl'ier at an end of each, a brace bar ct less length than the combined length oi the two members, links connecting the ends or" said bar with said members at a point in wardly ot the corresponding free ends or. said pivoted members, so that the ends of said members may slightly raise during the act of folding the same in parallelism with the tree bar as the hanger is brought into col lapsed position.

In testimony whereof I my signa ture.

JOSEPH A. SHOEMAKER. [Ls] til) 

